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The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1887-12-27
ere could stop her. ooh. the hand has

ere I could stop her. ooh, the hand has
touched my foot again y
The moment the words left her lips heard
asudden movement under the seat, and quick
or than thourht a figure appeared upon the
floor In that moment / flung myself upon
the ruffan and clutched his throat with the
energy of despair, knowing that should he
once gain his feet it was all over with me- the
lighter and weaker man. Can ever forget
the horror of that FIVE minutes ride? The
whole compartment seemed to be fallln9 upon
me. Teeth, nails feet all were attacking me
Mt once but through all kept my grip upon
the murderers throat, and though stream
ed with blood and almost lost consciousness,
still held on, while the girls screams rang
dimlv through my ears. Suddenly the tram
stopped; the struggle ceased, and tainted
across the body of my captive.
When recovered consciousness at length,
found myself lying upon q table in the Black
lev station waiting room, with a sympathetic
crowd around me, and best of all, saw face
bending tenderly over me, the lace OF the Sfl
of my dream and my discontinue: After
making two or three efforts, L managed 10 ASK :
'Where is Watson?"
.Very nigh dead" replied ruddy-faced
farmer who stood beside me. You three
quarters ssrangled the life out of his ugly body
he was black in the face when they lifted you
off him"
"Do you know that he is an escaped wife
murderer" l inquired feeOly.
Eyes. we know" responded my honest
friend. "The Burtown police telegraphed
after the train to have it searched, because a
man answering his description had been seen
in the station before il left The police have
got him safe, my lad, this time and no mis-
take. Why, I saw him handcuhed and his
arms pinioned behind him, and he lying half
dead the while, after the throttlng as you
gave him."
Do my readers want to hear the rest OF my
story, now that the catastrophe is told? If so,
1 will inform them that Watson, on breaking
loose from the police, after turning the corner
OF Shut Lane--where ii will be remembered he
sappeared-contrived, by an almost mcredi-
BILE effort, to scale high WALL and so gain the
shelter of railway embankment. Along this
he crept until he reached the midtown tunnel,
where he lurbed all day, until, late in the
evening, he crept into the station, and con-
trived to secrete himself in q carriage of the
midnight mail, with the results before men
toned.
There is one more incident in close connec-
ton with that journey to be told: it is this,
that there will be a marriage early this spring.
The name of the bridegroom will be Knightly
the name Of the bride does not matter. She
was never formally introduced TO her future
lord and master, and therefore it is surely un-
necessary to tell the name she will soon cease
TO bear, TO passing acquaintance like the
reader
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A REMARKABLE CASE
From tho Jones County, Ga, Headlight.

From the Jones County, Ga, Headlight.
The death in Griffin of Mrs. Lucy w.
Pitts, the aged widow of John Pitts, recalls to
mind a fearful tragedy, by which her family
were once plunged into the deepest grief.
About the year 1920, there resided mile
from Clinton, avery estimable family named
Rose. Two daughters graced this home, and
by q strange coincidence, both were wooed and
won by men bearing the same name Howell
Williams welded Miss Lucy Rose, and George
Williams Miss Martha Rose-the former al
terward became Mrs. Pitts.
George Williams was then considered the
handsomest young man in the county. III he
had habits of dissipation, these hab-
its were carefully concealed; if the
embers of fendish and ungov-
ernable temper smouldered in his bosom, a
calm exterior betokened them not. He was at
tentive to his business, and as clerk in the dry
goods house of Mr.. Samuel Griswold had the
confidence of his employer and his contem-
poraneS He lost his position in the store
eventually and determined to leave town. He
bought the farm now owned by Mr.. Samuel
L. ChileS, three miles from Clinton. HIS cot
tage home was frightened by the presence OF
two fine boys, ana his wife was model of
centleness One morning Mr.. Williams went
to the bedside of his young wife, at whose
breast slumbeIed their infant daughter, not
vet ten DAYS old, and leaning over her
he left goodbye kiss upon her cheek, telling
her he would not be long away. Coming TO
Clinton, he met his sister-in-law going out to
see the sick wife, bidding her remain at his
house until his return, and soon after reaching
town entered the nearest bar-room and began
to drink. Some time past noon he concluded
to return to his home. On entering his wife S
room he found Mr.. II. Williams and wife,
with whom he began an unprovoked quarrel,
TO avoid which they both left for their home in
Clinton. This seemed but to add to his
passion and he began to threaten his wife,
who left her bed, running TO the field where
the hands were blowing. While calling upon
these negroes to save her, she was caught
and held by Williams, and with his
knife cut her throat literally from ear TO ear.
Sinking ON the earth, hor life ebbed away.
Leaving her body there with the frightened
negroes, he rushed back to the house, and,
Selling the sleeping babe threw it from the
opened window to the ground below, but its
wraps and the bedding around it saved its life.
After being brought to trial he was SEN
fenced TO be hung. On the appointed day,
Williams asked for glass of water. He drank
the water and threw the glass upon the stone
floor of his cell. Picking up one OF the pieces,
he deliberately cut his throat: but not TO be
thwartcd. an Indignant public clamored that
he be hung. and, although life was nearly eN-
tinct his wounds were bound about and he
was carried to the scatfold, the rope adjusted,
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the trap sprung, and the wife murderer spirit
had como TO meet his maknr.
"A Socialist Church.

From the PhiIadeIph!a Press.
w. II. Benson, of Philadelphia, announces
that he is about to found socialist church, the
members of which will believe in God and life
hereafter AL members win be requested to take
the following oath: I hereby solemnly swear that
l will not rob cheat strike, tell lies about, commu'
ncate disease to- nor injure in any way fellow
member of this church | also swear that wiz
drink distilled and 1ermented liquors with great
cal e and moderation. also swear that viii nos
lend money to, nor borrow money FROM Il member
of this church except as regular business tlausac
ton also swear that, far ! am able, Wiz
keep my body clothes and dwelling Il a clean and
healthy condition. also swear that will give to
this church every year, one per cent OF my inconeo
provided said one per cent is not more than $50.
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A General Calamity.

From the Arkansaw Traveller.
In Kentucky town. Stranger Ito natiyel-
Your people seem 20 be depressed.
"YeS, we have suffered an awful calamity"
Financial crashT'
"No, worse than that Buck SpillcrS is dead
your mayor, | suppose 20
"Oh no; he k,pt the Dew prop saloon
Must have boon prominent man.'
NO not particularly"
Then why sh0,ild his death cause such general
sadness %
'Wny. you see hts wife has decided @ keep the
saloon closed until after the funeral
Don't lEErrATE NoUB LUNOs With a stub
born Cough when a safe and certain remedy
can be had ia pr. Sayne's ENpec;orant.
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Rather and Son sentenced.

IRo!,ToN Ohio, December 23.--pearson Nc
Coy was today found guilty Of murder in the
second degree for the killing OF DR.. VIM. T..
Northrup, at Harchld, last April. He and
out of a prohibition quarrel, Northrup being D
prohibitionst and Mccoy saloon keeper. Alf
Mccoy, Pearsons father, is now serving a life
sentence
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Catarrh is caused by scrofulous faint in tho
blood, and is cured by Hoods Sarsaparilla,
which purides and onriohes the blood and
gives the whole system health and strength
Try this peculiar medicine" Ii is prepared
by c. |. Hood \ CO., Lowell, Mass.
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VIII be fclf liz the article which MR.. GLAD
STONE has written expressly for the Youths
Companion The subject of the great states
man is the Culture OF the Englisi-Speaking
Races" and the paper is said TO be remarkably
lr1cid and suuunstiVp
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No well regulated household should he
without n bottle of ANGOSTURA BlTTERS,
the world renowned appetizer and invigorator,
Beware Of counterieits ASK your grocer or
druggist for the genuine article, manufactured
by DIR. j. q. II. Siegert 4 Sons
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MRS. WINSLOW'S SOOTHING SYRUP
for children is an old and well-tried remedy.
1t has stood the test of forty years. Twenty
FIVE cents bottle.
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Tuning Night Into Day.

Why is the sun like people of fashion? Il
turns night into day--the time people eaten
cold. which, il not attended to in time, will in
duce consumption Take in time Taylor's
Cherokee Remedy OF Sweet Gum and Mullen
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WHATFvrR name or designation is given to

WHATEVER name or designation is given to
Fever and Ague. or other intermittent diseases
it is safe to say that Malaria disordered state
of the Liver is at fault Eliminate the impure
ties from the system and sure and prompt
cure is the Immediate result. Prickly Ash
Bitters is the safest and most effective remedy
for all hillary troubles, kidney diseases. and
like complaints that has ever been brought be-
fore the public. \ trial is its best recolnmen-
dalton.
"'Brown's bronchial Troches' are excellent
for the relief Of Hoarseness or Sore Throat. they
are exceedingly effective. Christian World
London, Eng.
Martinsburg gazette. (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1886-1887, 1887-01-07

''JUlhcs. said schoo'Inaslef to q dull
pupil, after the morning chapter had been
read in The school, James, we have read
in the Bible this morning that Noah had
three sons Shem. Ham and Japheth
now, James. who was the father Of Shcm,
Ham and Japheth2''
'Sir?" said james inquiringly
Why, James ansN cred the master,
You've seen tnat Noah had three sons,
and thgt their names were Shem. Ham,
Japheth. These were Noah's sons.
Now, who was the father Of Shem, Ham,
and Japheth2u
Sir, said James, obviously ponder
ing the full Of the query.
why James, said the preceptor,
don't you know who the father of Shem,
Ham and Japheth was, after I've told
you SO much ~
No, sir,-rd'n know
You are very dull, James very |!
You know Mr. Smith, don't You, that
lives the next house to yoursgu
"Sartain, Bill and 10 Smith and / play
together, Bill took my cross-gun, and
owes me-
Very well, Mr.. Smith has three boys,
William. Henry and Joseph. Who is
the father Of William, Henry and Jo-
scph2n
MIR. Smithlp exclaimed James, in.
stantIy Mr.. Smith; guess ] know that. 7
Certainly, James; very well. Now
this is exactly the same thing. You see,
as we have been fading, that Noah had
three sons, like Mr.. Smith, but their
names were Shcn, Ham, and Japheth.
Nov, who was the father If Noah's three
sons?
james hesitated d minute, with his
finger in his mouth and then, as if the
difficult question had oeen solved III his
mind, he exclaimed
III know now Mr.. Smith,
Martinsburg gazette. (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1886-1887, 1887-01-07
Advice to Young Men.

Doa't worry. my son, don't worry.
Don't worry over thing that happepcd
yesterday, because yesterday Il d hundred
years away Hyou don't believe it, just
try til reach after it and bring it back.
Don't worry about anything that is haps
pcncd to-day, because to-day will only
last fifteen OF twenty minutes. Don't
worry about the things You can't help,
because then there's no need to worry
Don't worry at all. III ynu want to be
penitent now and then, it won't hurt you
abit to 90 into the saclxcloth and ashes
business little. II will do you good.
If you want to cry little ono Id while,
that isn't bad thing. If yo,D feel like
going out and clubbing yourself occa-
sionally, / think you need it, and will
lend you Il helping hand ID it,, and put d
plaster on you afterward. All these
things will do you good. But worry,
why, there's neither sorrow, penitence,
strength, penance, reformation, hope,
nor resolution IN il. It IS just worry.
that is all.
Martinsburg gazette. (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1886-1887, 1887-01-07

PLEASANT TITERATURE FOR
EEsIININE READERS.

One of the positions filed in Europe
by women, bat here reserved for men, is
that Of usher in the theatre. In many
women have charge of the sale of seats
in the box Office. They wear dainty
white muslin caps, with great red or blue
satin bows on them. and in their neat
gowns add much to the decorative effect.
# you drop the smallest article they will
restore it to you. just before leaving
thotheatre the other evening, says lady
now travelling on the Continent, one Of
the ladies in our party discovered that
she had lost her Eyeglasses, You will
find them at the box Office, said the
young lady who brought us our foot
stools. The owner was rejo ced As
she Ind been promenading iii the foyer
abe supposed the glasses had been tram
pied upon.
Martinsburg gazette. (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1886-1887, 1887-01-07
what Allied the Mule.

A bad little boy lie \ pack Of shoot
ing-crackers and threw them into the
street to see them 50 of. 4 One Of Ike
Bateman mules came along and swal-
lowed them before they went of. The
mule walked about fifteen feet and
stopped. Things wasn't acting right
inside He began to taste the smoke of
fire crackers. lie laid his left ear around
against his ribs and heard something.
It was them fire crackers having fun.
The mule picked out about three hun
drcd and q half miles Of straight road
and started. A man met him about q
mile the other side Of the almshouse go
ing south, white with perspiration, with
streams Of smoke shooting out Of his
nostrils, mouth and ears, while his tail
stuck straight up. Ike found his mule
che morning sticking half way throu n
farm house, still smoking, The man
had cot his family out and put EN- into
4 Ut Of trees. Ike hauled his mule
home, when he got cool enough, on q
dray Tara Strings.
Martinsburg gazette. (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1886-1887, 1887-01-07
The Mandolin.

Sig. Lnigi Ricca, Of the Mandolin
Quartet, in talking Of the little instru-
ment that has lately become SO fashion
able, said that the first introduction Of
the mandolin in this country was by the
Spanish Students, whose music was q
revelation to those unfamiliar with the
favorite instrument Of tae Spanish poo
pie. Since then it has steadily grown in
popularity until it has entirely super
seeded the banjo as fashionable fad,
and filed beside place that the ban D
had never held that of furnishing an
accompaniment to dinner. parties and LEI
ceptions.
The mandolin, he wentsonj 70 explain,
was originally played in Spain, but was
not long in finding its way into Italy,
and now the Venetian makers exceed all
others in the manufacture Of them.
Vinaccia was the most famous maker,
his instruments fetching an the way
from So to 500. Sig. Ricca himself
has d very beautiful specimen Of sVinac-
cia's art, the back made Of fluted rose.
wood, the stem covered with tortoise
shell, the edges inlaid with mother 81
pearl and the keys of silver and ivory.
he Salnesit at over 500, and has played
upon 1t before the Queen Marguerite, 81
Italy. He played in the mandolin Or,
Martinsburg gazette. (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1886-1887, 1887-01-07
Fashion Notes.

Stripes and plaids are equally popu-
lar.
Very small pokes are worn BY young
ladies. a.
Musluash, brown-shaded fur, is used
as trimmings for mantles and dresses. It
is pretty and inexpensive.
The newest plaids have grounds Of
solid colors, crossed with faint lines Of
white, gray, wine or old gold.
The sides Of many draperies are orna-
mented with crocheted or worked gir-
dies, covered with cut-Jet heads.
IA new material for half-mourning has
q black ground sprinkled with dots Of
white, and stripes Of black satin.
Swiss belts, pointed back and front.
are made in d network Of jet intermixed
with heavy balls. This is an old fashion
revived.
Bas3nes of velvet are once more fash
ionable Many otherwise sersiceable
costumes, with half-worn corsages, may
by made rs good as new By theaddition
Of these basqucs.
Martinsburg gazette. (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1886-1887, 1887-01-07
WAGES 81 Sewing woman.

ssDo you know what sewing women
get for making q pair of pants that are
sold for $f and 5 at the store2" asked a
plainly but neatly dressed and tired
looking woman yesterday.
No, tell me about it.
We'll the cloth comes to them al
ready cit, thread, buttons, etc, fur
nished, and they use their own machines
and gettiyc cents a pair. !.
'sr i've cents pair.v repeated the re-
porter, III anna cement. sYon don't mean
to say that is the regular price paid by
the cloth ng firms Of Cincinnatisa
No, not exactly. That's what the
women who do the work get They are
paid, hoacver, not by the firms direct,
but BY middle parties, who make con
tracts with the firms, and then employ
the women to do the work. Yon see, it
is almost inpo ssible for seamstress to
go to these az ms on herown account and
get work. They prefer to make con-
tracts by the year with persons whom
they know, thus holding one person re-
sponsible for s 900 worth of work, in
stead Of one hundred persons for SO
worth each. It's . coed deal less bosher
to them
And what do these contrastcr for
making clothing get for pair Of
pants?D
aOh, ten cents, maybe
How many pair Of pants IN you
make in . daya"
have never been able to make more
than six-that's thirty cents day-but
I know one woman who can make twenty
pairs, but she has better machine and
works early and late Y
What do you get for vests
The Contractors, / believe, get five
cents apiece, but the women that make
them get two and half cents. Y
But the wages, she resumed, is
not all the workingwomen Of Cincinnati
have to put up with. Why, / have
worked in factories where it was no un-
usual thing to work an hour or two over.
time, and yet they made rule that
every girl who was Int should be locked
cent minute. That's sixty cents an
hour, but We are getting lie 5 than ten
n cents an hour for our work. And, while
they were docking US for tardiness. they
didn't pay Us anything for overtime
work. r." Cincinnati Enquirer.
Martinsburg gazette. (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1886-1887, 1887-01-07
An Experiment.

An old bachelor who was thinking of
marriage after bordering On the subject.
and particularly the expense Of maintain
ing family, set the table in his lonely
abode for himself and an imaginary wife
and five children. He then sat down to
dine, and as often as he helped himself
to food he put the same quantity on each
Of the other plates, and surveyed the
prospect, at the same time computing
the cost. He is still unmarried
Martinsburg gazette. (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1886-1887, 1887-01-07

eA<@<.- nc the opening OF the metropolis
tan Exposition, which she attended
then only the Princess Of Savoy and
she was 50 delighted with the music.
which she had never heard before in such
volume, Immediately began to take les
sons, and IS now one Of fhe most expert
performers IN her kingdom. Her man.
doiin was made at her order, and cost
several thousand francs, with gold frets
and keys and her initials upon it ia dia-
monds.
Itswas hearing Queen Marguerite play
that inspired Mrs. William Waldorf
Astor with emulation. and she is now a
perfect master Of this somewhat difficult
instrument. A great many New York
girls have taken it up, just as they took
|up the BANJO, and about the same average
play it we'll. A large proportion follow
the same course they did with the banjo.
take it up with fury at first because it IS
q craze, and persevere Just long enough
to learn how to play few chords and
never get beyond that. The rest become
fair musicians
There are two sorts of mandolins, the
Martinsburg gazette. (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1886-1887, 1887-01-07

Alb ut two years ago q prominent citizen OF
must die. They said his system wns so del bill
lated that there was nothing left to build on.
He made up his mind TO try new depart
Medical Discovery and took it according to
directions. He began TO improve &c once. He
kept up the treatment for some months. and Is
to-day we'll man. He says the Discovery"
saved his life.
Martinsburg gazette. (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1886-1887, 1887-01-07

Dr.. Gross, physician at ST. yincent's Hospi-
tai. Baltimore. Md. coas iders Red Star Cough
Cure perfectly harm eSl, bling purely vesesa-
Bile and entirely free from opiases, poisons, and
other narcotics 0ther professionals also en-
dorse it as prompt. SAT- and sure. Price,twen-
ty-five cents q b tito.
Martinsburg gazette. (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1886-1887, 1887-01-07

"A physician informs the Medical Record
OF q case where q dyspepsia individual
belched wind from thestomach viii ne
happened to be holding . lighted match
in his hand near his mouth, AMI the
windwhich was infiammable gas, IN
fact- took fire aud burned his mnstache,
eyebrows and hair.
Martinsburg gazette. (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1886-1887, 1887-01-07

May not an appropriate use Of the Christmas
festival be made b. Tie establishment of the
custom Of ,leyOting 1t to acts Npf reciprocal
Kindness. and to the pleasant tourtesies oil
life. Let All hands be filled with tokens Of
friendship. and lot The gift OF affection BE-
freely circulated.
Martinsburg gazette. (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1886-1887, 1887-01-07
Dcrp Mystery.

wherever you are luca cd you should writ,
to Hallett 81 Co. Port and, Maine, and receive
do and live ut home. making thereby from D.
to S25 md upwards dai s. S0me have made
over SEQ Inn day. IA i IS new Hallett ~ CO.
will start YOU. aDita iotneeaed. Either sex.
Ali ages. IN lass OF working people have ever
made money SO fast heretofore. Gomfortabip
fortunes await every worker. All this seems
q deep mystery 10 y0a rcaaer, but en- a.Oug
yoslr I'd Ire Is AMI 1t axilt be cleared up and
proved. Better 10 delay; now = the time.
Martinsburg gazette. (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1886-1887, 1887-01-07

The magical erecss of ST Jacob, OH N re-
moving soreness asd stitTn 81 makes II inyal-
nab : at all times. Rheumatism AMI Neural
gIa omptly y:cld to Il.
Martinsburg gazette. (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1886-1887, 1887-01-07

Dr. J. s. 00H1s. 0HenstiI'o. Ohio. .t,.: ~
have given S(otx@ Enu1s<oN Of Cod LIteI
OIL VII Hyp ,phosphl,esi 10 four patients VI \
better results than sellned possible with ani
remedy. All We q Hereditary eases o. LunI
disease and advanced 20 that stare Whes
frequent pulse, fever and KmAciation. Al
thcse cases have int reased in eightfron 1870
28ib3.. and are not now needing any medicine.
Martinsburg gazette. (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1886-1887, 1887-01-07

we ought not to be too anxious TO encourages
untried Innovation, III cases Of doubtful lm-A
provement. For quarter Of q century Dr..
Sage's Caturh Re edy has been before tho
and Is pronounced the most reliable remedy
for that disaQfeeable mnlady. Thousands o.
tcStimoH ais ofits iftaes. k0cents per DO Ito.
BY druggists.
Martinsburg gazette. (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1886-1887, 1887-01-07

Ifyou havenumbncss iii arms and limbs. heart
xskips beats, tliumi,s Or futtals, or YOU arc
nervous and irrittble@-in dAngcf ~ shock
Dr Kiimer's OCEAN, NKED regulates. relieves.
corrects and cures.
Martinsburg gazette. (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1886-1887, 1887-01-07

The averag lawyer thinks Il Is foolish to
confess Judgment.
Martinsburg gazette. (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1886-1887, 1887-01-07

Daughters, Wives and Mofhers.
securely sealed. Dr.J. 3. Marchlsi, Utica, n. X.
Martinsburg gazette. (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1886-1887, 1887-01-07

Think OF heaven with hearty purpose aud
preemptO Y designs 70 ret thither.
Martinsburg gazette. (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1886-1887, 1887-01-07

'sThe seasons over. said Eogg. as be cap
sized the pepper box.
Martinsburg gazette. (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1886-1887, 1887-01-07

Motto for persons who preserve ruit They
can, who think they cam